LSU Drafting "Academic Bankruptcy" Plan

[Mako19]

I also agree with Smalls that tuition needs to increase. Nowhere else in the nation can you get a quality education for such a bargain as you can in Louisiana. I know UL is consistently rated at the top of the list for having a low tuition for the quality of educational and I think that Needs to be corrected (now that I am no longer paying tuition! )

[Duck Butter]

Tuition is pretty dang cheap in louisiana

TOPS is a wonderful thing but we can't sustain it right now at the current rate. Anyone with a pulse can qualify for TOPS.

Too many dang universities for sure. Many of them came about due to segregation. Aren't we over that now? Do we really need Grambling and LaTech within 3 miles of one another? Southern and LSU?

LSU Eunice? Really?

No one wants to touch these issues because it's political suicide but it's only going to get worse Heard one if the governor candidates say the solution was to raise cigarette taxes. Wth

Remember when the lottery was first pitched to the state and the money was going to fund education?

[Mako19]

Originally Posted by Duck Butter

Remember when the lottery was first pitched to the state and the money was going to fund education?

I want to say that TOPS was initially funded by some type of cigarette tax or Lottery tax. It's a great program but qualifications need to be raised.

I went to school with a girl who went to college for 8 years before earning her EE Degree all paid for by grants. She was making $50-60k a year bartending but wasn't claiming it so she qualified for government grants.

Well, 5 years after we graduated she is still bartending and not giving anything back to society because she still isn't claiming enough income to pay taxes.

[DaPointIsDaBomb]

Originally Posted by Mako19

I want to say that TOPS was initially funded by some type of cigarette tax or Lottery tax. It's a great program but qualifications need to be raised.

I went to school with a girl who went to college for 8 years before earning her EE Degree all paid for by grants. She was making $50-60k a year bartending but wasn't claiming it so she qualified for government grants.

Well, 5 years after we graduated she is still bartending and not giving anything back to society because she still isn't claiming enough income to pay taxes.

Don't get me started on people not paying taxes. ALL these dang crabbers and oyster men and guides and crawfishermen and shrimpers get paid in cash and claim very little on taxes. Then they are the first to say something about people not pulling their own weight they are the first in line when govt handouts are offered. Look at the BP oil spill

[Goooh]

Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb

Don't get me started on people not paying taxes. ALL these dang crabbers and oyster men and guides and crawfishermen and shrimpers get paid in cash and claim very little on taxes. Then they are the first to say something about people not pulling their own weight they are the first in line when govt handouts are offered. Look at the BP oil spill

Ouch!

Solid




And how bout that MathGeek smack down? I'm about to print, laminate and hang it on my fridge

[DaPointIsDaBomb]

Originally Posted by Goooh

Ouch!

Solid




And how bout that MathGeek smack down? I'm about to print, laminate and hang it on my fridge

He got some wood on that ball for sure. Knocked it out the park. College ain't for everybody. World needs welders and pipeliners too

Ain't nothin finer than a pipeliner

[Pat Babaz]

Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb

He got some wood on that ball for sure. Knocked it out the park. College ain't for everybody. World needs welders and pipeliners too

Ain't nothin finer than a pipeliner

This is true too. I would rather see a young guy get a two year associates from Sowela in I&E, go to the plants and bang out $100K/yr then to get a 4 yr bachelors from LSU in Liberal Arts. Then whine that they can't find a job even though they are college educated, if your degree is in NOTHING then you won't be able to find a job in NOTHING.

["W"]

Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb

Don't get me started on people not paying taxes. ALL these dang crabbers and oyster men and guides and crawfishermen and shrimpers get paid in cash and claim very little on taxes. Then they are the first to say something about people not pulling their own weight they are the first in line when govt handouts are offered. Look at the BP oil spill

You do all these peoples taxes and know what they pay ?

[DaPointIsDaBomb]

Originally Posted by "W"

You do all these peoples taxes and know what they pay ?

I know what they bring home isn't anywhere close to what they claim on taxes. They write off a bunch if personal expenses as business expenses and actually get a big return every year I sit at the table with several of these folks at our thanksgiving dinner. They are family but they are hypocrites

I don't play with the IRS

[simplepeddler]

Originally Posted by DaPointIsDaBomb

I know what they bring home isn't anywhere close to what they claim on taxes. They write off a bunch if personal expenses as business expenses and actually get a big return every year I sit at the table with several of these folks at our thanksgiving dinner. They are family but they are hypocrites

I don't play with the IRS

I would cheat the federal tax take if I could.......the feds cheat me when they can.......
I don't know these folks, but hypocrites seems harsh.......
Opportunistic seems more appropriate.....